How can I help the districts when every time I make a move, it results in suffering and loss of life. Katniss Everdeen, p. 12

To become the Mockingjay . . . could any good I do possibly outweigh the damage? Katniss Everdeen, p. 13

Positioned on my dresser, that white-as-snow rose is a personal message to me. It speaks of unfinished business. It whispers, I can find you. I can reach you. Perhaps I am watching you now.Katniss Everdeen, p. 15

What am I going to do?’ I whisper at the walls. Because I really don’t know. Katniss Everdeen, p. 18

Peeta. On the rooftop the night before our first Hunger Games. He understood it all before we’d even set foot in the arena.Katniss Everdeen, p. 21

Has Peeta guessed, then how the rebels used us as pawns? How my rescue was arranged from the beginning? And how our mentor, Haymitch Abernathy, betrayed us both for a cause he pretended to have no interest in? Katniss Everdeen, p. 21-22

Peeta doesn’t need a brush to paint images from the Games. He works just as well in words. Katniss Everdeen, 22

Oh, no. It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people? It costs everything you are.Peeta Mellark, p. 23

Neither of us knew anything except that we were trying to keep each other alive! Peeta Mellark, p. 24

Is this really what we want to do? Kill ourselves off completely? In the hopes that–what? Some decent species will inherit the smoking remains of the earth? Peeta Mellark, p. 26

Now, why don’t we ask the guards to take me back to my quarters so I can build another hundred card houses? Peeta Mellark, p. 26

I don’t care. Not what he says or who he says it for, only that he is still capable of speech. Katniss Everdeen, p. 27

I sit back on my bed cross-legged and find myself rubbing the smooth iridescent surface of the pearl back and forth against my lips. For some reason, it’s soothing. A cool kiss from the giver himself. Katniss Everdeen, p. 33

It’s just…Peeta. I’m afraid if we do win, the rebels will execute him as a traitor. Katniss Everdeen, p. 34

Katniss, I don’t think you understand how important you are to the cause. Important people usually get what they want. If you want to keep Peeta safe from the rebels, you can. Prim Everdeen p. 34

I should wake you up more often, little duck. Katniss Everdeen, p. 35

You could ask for the moon and they’d have to find some way to get it. Gale Hawthorne, p. 36

My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. The Capitol hates me. Peeta was taken prisoner. He is alive. He is a traitor, but alive. I have to keep him alive… Katniss Everdeen, p. 37-38

You will hold yourself and your government responsible for their safety, or you’ll find yourself another Mockingjay. Katniss Everdeen, p 41

When the time comes, I’ll flip you for it. President Coin, p. 42

You’re going to be the best-dressed rebel in history.Gale Hawthorne, p. 43

Just how grimy can we make her without disgusting people? Fulvia Cardew, p. 44

When the war is over, if we’ve won, Peeta will be pardoned. Katniss Everdeen, p. 48

If you had any delusions about having power, I’d let them go now. Apparently, a Capitol pedigree is no protection here. Maybe it’s even a liability. Katniss Everdeen, p. 50

The tributes were necessary to the Games too. Until they weren’t. and then we were very disposable…right Plutarch? Katniss Everdeen, p. 51

In other words, I step out of line and we’re all dead. Katniss Everdeen, p. 58

As a rebel, I thought I’d get to look more like myself. But it seems a televised rebel has her own standards to live up to. Katniss Everdeen, p. 60

It’s no simple job to get me back to Beauty Base Zero. Katniss Everdeen, p. 61

I think you’d be pretty in any color. Posy Hawthorne, p. 63

You mean she can’t stand any dissent, even if it’s fair. Katniss Everdeen, p. 64

If only I could build you wings like these Katniss. BeeTee, p. 65

And that, my friends is how a revolution dies. Haymitch Abernathy, p. 72

I cried when she drugged Peeta so she could go get him medicine and when she kissed him good-bye! Octavia, p. 75

What are you worried about? I’m the one who needs the bodyguard. Haymitch Abernathy, p. 77

I can’t believe you didn’t rescue Peeta. Katniss Everdeen, p. 77

We had a deal to keep Peeta safe. A drunken, unrealistic deal made in the dark of night, but a deal just the same. And in my heart of hearts, I know we both failed. Katniss Everdeen, p 77

I can’t believe you let him out of your sight that night. Haymitch Abernathy, p. 77

He’s not dead yet, Katniss. Haymitch Abernathy, p. 78

Finnick? Maybe some pants? Katniss Everdeen, p. 79

I’m only human, Odair. Katniss Everdeen, p. 80

Well, don’t expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear. Boggs, p. 82

Frankly, our ancestors don’t seem much to brag about. I mean, look at the state they left us in, with the wars and broken planet. Clearly, they didn’t care about what would happen to the people who came after them. Katniss Everdeen, p. 84

If we lose? Then I would expect next year’s Hunger Games to be quite unforgettable. Plutarch Heavensbee, p. 84

Cinna, it seems, has thought of everything. Katniss Everdeen, p. 84

Just let them see you. That will do more for them than any doctor in the world could. Boggs, p. 86

The damage, the fatigue, the imperfections. That’s how they recognize me, why I belong to them. Katniss Everdeen, p. 90

My ongoing struggle against the Capitol, which has so often felt like a solitary journey, has not been undertaken alone. I have had thousands upon thousands of people from the districts at my side. I was their Mockingjay long before I accepted the role. Katniss Everdeen, p. 90

Power. I have a kind of power I never knew I possessed. Katniss Everdeen, p. 91

Well, you’re not perfect by a long shot. But times being what they are, you’ll have to do. Boggs, p. 91

Geese! Katniss Everdeen, p. 96

If the Capitol wins, what will it do with a bunch of damaged slaves?Gale Hawthorne, p. 98

This is what they do! And we must fight back! Katniss Everdeen, p. 99

Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us! Katniss Everdeen, p. 100

I feel fine, really. Except for my head, and my leg, and the soreness from the bruises, and the nausea that hit a couple minutes after I ate. Maybe the wheelchair’s a good idea. Katniss Everdeen, p.102

Strange things did happen here No stranger would it be If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.Katniss Everdeen, p. 123

Peeta’s right. They do fall silent when I sing. Just as they did for my father. Katniss Everdeen, p. 124

We admit, without acknowledging each other, it’s our old hunting rendezvous place. She wants to see it, even after we tell her it’s nothing really. Nothing but a place where I was happy. I think. Katniss Everdeen, p. 127

This was the doorway to both sustenance and sanity. And we were each other’s key. Katniss Everdeen, p. 127

The glue of mutual need that bonded us so tightly together for all those years is melting away.Katniss Everdeen, p. 127

Twelve is gone. And you’re calling for a cease-fire? There’s no one left to hear you. Katniss Everdeen, p. 129

Suddenly I remember the rose on my dresser. Was it real? If so, is it still up there? Katniss Everdeen, p. 129

…I’m in pain. That’s the only way I get your attention. Gale Hawthorne, p. 130

No one is safe. Not in the Capitol. Not in the districts. And you…in Thirteen…Dead by morning. Peeta Mellark, p. 133

Part II: “The Assault”

Fire is catching… Plutarch Heavensbee, p. 140

One is always much braver with an audience. Look at the courage Peeta just displayed. Plutarch Heavensbee, p. 141

The cat! She went back for him! Katniss Everdeen, p. 143

I should have drowned you [Buttercup] when I had the chance. Katniss Everdeen, p. 144

I knot the pearl into the corner of the parachute, bury it…as if it’s Peeta’s life and no one can take it away as long as I guard it. Katniss Everdeen, p. 146

I miss home badly sometimes. But then I remember there’s nothing left to miss anymore. Primrose Everdeen, p. 149

Katniss, I don’t think President Snow will kill Peeta, …If he does, he won’t have anyone left you want. He won’t have any way to hurt you. Prim Everdeen, p. 150

Whatever it takes to break you. Prim Everdeen, p. 151

What will break me. Katniss Everdeen, p. 152

Crazy cat becomes a metaphor for my situation. I am Buttercup. Peeta, the thing I want so badly to secure, is the light. Katniss Everdeen, p. 153

I no longer feel like crying. In fact, I can only manage to hold on to one simple thought: an image of Snow’s face accompanied by the whisper in my head. I will kill you.Katniss Everdeen, p. 183

There’s a chance that the old Peeta, the one who loves you, is still inside. Trying to get back to you. Don’t give up on him. Primrose Everdeen, p. 184

I guess there isn’t a rule book for what might be unacceptable to do to another human being. Katniss Everdeen p. 186

Beetee and I have been following the same rule book as President Snow used when he hijacked Peeta.Gale Hawthorne, p. 186

Katniss was so amazing, I never dreamed she would notice me…Everyone admired her so. Delly Cartwright, p. 188

First the districts. Next the Capitol. And then I hunt down Snow. Katniss Everdeen, p. 191

Not only does he hate me and want to kill me, he no longer believes I’m human. It was less painful being strangled. Katniss Everdeen, p. 191

Snow has stolen him from me, twisted him beyond recognition, and made me a present of him.Katniss Everdeen, p. 194

Good news, Katniss! I think we’ve almost got him convinced you’re not a mutt! Plutarch Heavensbee, p. 195

[Gale’s] lips brushing the faded bruises on my neck, working their way to my mouth. Despite what I feel for Peeta, this is when I accept deep down that he’ll never come back to me. Katniss Everdeen, p. 198

…Darius was teasing you about trading a rabbit for one of his kisses. And I realized…I minded. Gale Hawthorne, p. 199

I know he was desperate. That makes people do all kinds of crazy things. Gale Hawthorne, p. 200

Gale has no interest in preserving the lives of those in the Nut. No interest in caging the prey for later use. This is one of his death traps. Katniss Everdeen, p. 203

This is one of his death traps. Katniss Everdeen, p. 203

Is that everyone’s problem? That our enemies might have a few hours to reflect on the fact that they’re dying, instead of just being blown to bits? Gale Hawthorne, p. 205

I would sacrifice a few, yes to take out the rest of them. And if I were a spy in there, I’d say ‘Bring on the avalanches!’ Gale Hawthorne, p. 205

Or is my own history making me too sensitive? Aren’t we at war? Isn’t this just another way to kill our enemies? Katniss Everdeen, p. 212

You could save a lot of lives, Katniss. Haymitch Abernathy, p. 213

So do it. Make the Capitol happy. I’m done killing their slaves for them. Katniss Everdeen, p. 215

It just goes around and around and who wins? Not us. Not the districts. Always the Capitol. But I’m tired of being a piece in their Games. Katniss Everdeen, p. 215

These people.. are not your enemy! The rebels are not your enemy! We all have one enemy, and it’s the Capitol! Katniss Everdeen, p. 216

But that kind of thinking…you could turn it into an argument for killing anyone at any time. You could justify sending kids into the Hunger Games to prevent the districts from getting out of line. Katniss Everdeen, p. 222

Unlike 13, the Capitol is not in position to reinvent itself and become self sufficient.Katniss Everdeen, p. 223

Thirteen was used to hardship, whereas in the Capitol, all they’ve known is Panem et Circenses. Plutarch Heavensbee, p. 223

So that’s what the districts are for. To provide bread and circuses. Katniss Everdeen, p. 224

There will never truly be a way to cure him. And now they want me to marry Peeta for a propo?Katniss Everdeen, p. 224

We may have been the smallest, poorest district in Panem, but we know how to dance. Katniss Everdeen, p. 226

What could spell victory louder than a happy Mockingjay twirling around to music? Katniss Everdeen, p. 227

As surely as the embroidery stitches in Annie’s gown were done by Cinna’s hand, the frosted flowers on the cake were done by Peeta’s. Katniss Everdeen, p. 228

Oh, no. He frosted under heavy guard. He’s still under lock and key. But I’ve talked to him. Haymitch Abernathy, p. 228

This wasn’t part of the plan. I wrote Peeta off in 2. Then I was to go to the Capitol, kill Snow, and get taken out myself. Katniss Everdeen, p. 229

It’s like he’s waiting for me to transform into a hybrid drooling wolf right before his eyes. Katniss Everdeen, p. 230

Now get to the Capitol and put on a good show. Plutarch Heavensbee, p. 257

I’ll be perfectly safe. I’m not even a real soldier. Just one of Plutarch’s televised puppets. Katniss Everdeen, p. 258

I consider saying a final good-bye to Peeta, decide it would only be bad for the both of us. But I do slip the pearl into the pocket of my uniform. A token of the boy with the bread. Katniss Everdeen, 258

Next time we see each other, we’ll be free of him. Prim Everdeen, p. 258

The rebels want the Capitol, just like the Capitol wanted 13. Katniss Everdeen, p. 259

It’s your fault for being so camera-ready. Katniss Everdeen, p. 260

But if Coin sent Peeta here, she’s decided something else as well. That I’m of a lot more use to her dead than alive. Katniss Everdeen, p. 261

Part III: “The Assassin”

So she’ll kill me to shut me up. Katniss Everdeen, p. 266

But that’s not going to happen under my watch, Solider Everdeen. I’m planning for you to have a long life. Boggs, p. 266

Do you want me to kill him? Gale Hawthorne, p. 267

…I think it’s time you flipped this little scenario around in your head. If you’d been taken by the Capitol, and hijacked, and then tried to kill Peeta, is this the way he’d be treating you? Haymitch Abernathy, p. 269

You and me, we made a deal to try and save him. Remember? Haymitch Abernathy, p. 269

Real. Because that’s what you and I do. Protect each other. Katniss Everdeen, p. 302

A single word. Echoing throughout the tunnels. One word. One name. Repeated over and over again. Katniss. Katniss Everdeen, p. 303

Don’t let him take you from me. Katniss Everdeen, p. 314

Stay with me. Katniss Everdeen
Always. Peeta Mellark, p. 314

Without hesitation, I shoot her through the heart. Katniss Everdeen, p. 314

‘I know what blood poisoning is Katniss,’ says Peeta. ‘Even if my mother isn’t a healer.
I’m jolted back in time, to another world another set of bandages. “You said the same thing to me in the first Hunger Games. Real or not real?”
‘Real’ he says. ‘And you risked your life getting the medicine that saved me?’
‘Real,’ I shrug. ‘You were the reason I was alive to do it.’ Peeta Mellark/Katniss Everdeen p. 321-322

I think…you still have no idea. The effect you can have. Peeta Mellark, p. 325

I doubt Coin knows what to do with me now that I’m still alive. Katniss Everdeen, p. 327

That what I need to survive is not Gale’s fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that. Katniss Everdeen, p. 388

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